Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
45th General Assembly – 1st Session – 2004-05
Speaker Index
Debates of the House of Assembly (Hansard)

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Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Climate of negotiations, 242
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Premier to apologize, 242
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Has minister apologized for Premier's actions, 487
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment involved in talks, 487

Highways and Roads—Road to Southern Point and road to McCarthy's Point—Plowing, 250–251

Points of Order

Rules of Debate—Reading from speeches and relevancy, 1377(95)
Rules of debate—Referring to a Member's absence in the House unparliamentary, 266–267

Public Service

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Climate of negotiations, 242
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Premier to apologize, 242
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Has minister apologized for Premier's actions, 487
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Mediators to conduct exploratory talks, 979
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment involved in talks, 487
Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Pensioners Association, 1051–1052, 1194–1195

Public Services, An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of (Bill 18)

Lieutenant Governor's Award for Excellence in Public Administration—Randell, Vivian, 2579
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Mediators to conduct exploratory talks, 978–979

Closure of offices, 393, 1449–1450, 1517, 1813–1814
Efforts made to catch up on caseload, 309, 544, 546
Frustration with cutbacks—Violence in St. John's office, 2973
Has Department contracted out switchboard operations for some offices, 2971–2973, 3170–3171
Has Department embarked on other private sector partnerships, 2974
Refilling positions due to caseload, 308
Timely processing of applications, 309
When workers on strike will be told if their offices will close, 607

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Climate of negotiations, 242
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Collective agreement—Is it in place today, 1241
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Premier to apologize, 242
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Has minister apologized for Premier's actions, 488
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment involved in talks, 487

Pay equity

Reverse Supreme Court decision on eve of International Day of Human Rights, 3096

Lieutenant Governor's Award for Excellence in Public Administration—Randell, Vivian, 2579
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Climate of negotiations, 242
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Collective agreement—Is it in place today, 1241
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Premier to apologize, 242
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Has minister apologized for Premier's actions, 488
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Mediators to conduct exploratory talks, 978
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment involved in talks, 487

Public Services, An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of (Bill 18)

Closure of offices, 392–393, 1449–1450, 1890–1891
Compassionate Care Leave, 3086
Efforts made to catch up on caseload, 309, 543–544, 545
Frustration with cutbacks—Violence in St. John's office, 2973
Has Department contracted out switchboard operations for some offices, 2971–2972, 3170–3171
Has Department embarked on other private sector partnerships, 2974
Income and Employment Support Act and Regulations—Proclamation, 2968–2969
Refilling positions due to caseload, 308
Timely processing of applications, 308
When workers on strike will be told if their offices will close, 606–607

Closure of offices, 392–393, 1449–1450, 1517, 1890–1891
Efforts made to catch up on caseload, 309, 543–544, 545
Frustration with cutbacks—Violence in St. John's office, 2973
Has Department contracted out switchboard operations for some offices, 2971–2972, 3170–3171
Has Department embarked on other private sector partnerships, 2974
Refilling positions due to caseload, 308
Timely processing of applications, 308
When workers on strike will be told if their offices will close, 606–607

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Approval for advertisement, 828–829

Petitions

Public Service

Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Pensioners Association, 2385–2386

Port de Grave

Arts—Publication of second book—Strowbridge, Nellie—Port de Grave, 3156–3157
Arts—Publication of third children's book—Strowbridge, Nellie, 1379

Public Service

Lieutenant Governor's Award for Excellence in Public Administration—Randell, Vivian, 2579–2580
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Approval for advertisement, 828–829
Newfoundland and Labrador Public Service Pensioners Association, 2385–2386

Public Services, An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of (Bill 18)

Atlantic Accord—How much money will Province receive for health this year, 2980
Budget—Debating at night, 483–484
Deficit—Interest on debt has flattened, 1046
How much will government save in interest charges because of value of Canadian dollar, 2979–2980
Taxation—How much extra money will Province collect as result of high gasoline taxes, 2979
Update on Province, 2978–2979

Adjournment of the House for Christmas, 3411
Adjournment of the House for summer, 2395–2396

Committees

Practice and procedures—Failure to rise the committee, 273–274, 275–276
Public Accounts Committee—Adopting of evidence adduced during Fourth and Fifth Session of the Forty-fourth General Assembly to current committee, 2893
Standing Committee for Review of Standing Orders—Appointment of Members, 3406–3407

Ministerial Statements

Not closing for Easter Break, 596
Provision of advance copy to Members opposite, 3222–3223

Parliamentary precinct—Lack of legal definition, 3152(45)
Permission for a non-Minister to table a document, 1953–1954
Reason for late night session, 535
Reason for Premier's absence—Negotiations with public sector, 381
Speaker—Unveiling of Portrait of Former Speaker Lloyd Snow, 3075–3076, 3082
Will legislature close for Easter, 536

House of Assembly Act and the Elections Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 40)

Atlantic Accord—How much money will Province receive for health this year, 2980
Budget—Debating at night, 483–484
Deficit—Interest on debt has flattened, 1046
How much will government save in interest charges because of value of Canadian dollar, 2979–2980
Taxation—How much extra money will Province collect as result of high gasoline taxes, 2979
Update on Province, 2978–2979

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Back to work legislation—Timetable for passage, 1179
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Bond rating agencies correspondence, 1042–1044
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Management personnel filling the public galleries of the House of Assembly, 982, 991
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Arbitration position of government has changed, 1099–1100
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Bond rating agencies correspondence, 1042–1044
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Sick leave—Will not bring savings, 1045
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Signing bonus, 1049–1050
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Update on negotiations, 1041

Sports/recreation

Outdoor bill of rights—Snowmobile changes to be part of plan, 2904, 2905–2906

Admission of strangers to public galleries—Public should not be denied access, 993
Answers to questions for which notice has been given—None have been answered in present session, 2380
Can Deputy Speaker deny leave, 1277
Committees—Practice and procedures—Failure to rise the committee, 273–274, 275–276
Estimates debate—Relevancy, 1852–1853, 1854
Estimates hearings—Resource Committee—Dept. of Business—Non-presence of Minister, 1555–1556
Language, unparliamentary—"gender-specific comments," 184, 185, 186
Language, unparliamentary—"lie," 543, 546–547
Language, unparliamentary—"lies," 1192
Language, unparliamentary—"misleading the people of the province," 436, 1071, 1072, 1073
Language, unparliamentary—"Pinnocchio" and "modern day Pinnochio," 833–834
Language, unparliamentary—"smartass," 2301(90)
Language, unparliamentary—"viper," 2378
Matters of Urgent Public Importance—Request Leader of Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE) be given leave to address the House, 973
Order and decorum—Use of lecterns in the House, 3171
Private Members Day

Private Members Day—Motions to be made by private Members only, 397–398
Rules of debate—Bills—Procedure for Members asking questions, 273–274, 275–276
Rules of debate—Referring to a Member's absence in the House unparliamentary, 3294(26)–3294(27)
Standing Orders—S.O. 36—Matters of Urgent Public Importance—Atlantic Accord, 2424, 2426, 2433
Standing Orders—S.O. 63, 2848
Tabled Documents—Private Members may table things in the House with consent, 2185
Titles that Ministers carry—Refer to complete portfolio, 159–160
Use of electronic communication devices in the House, 3171–3172

Points of Privilege

Ability to conduct selves in responsible fashion and ability to do job—Accuracy of government information, 1580
Attacking character—Alleging false information, 2656–2657
Attacking credibility, 1876
Breach of dignity of the House—Statements contrary to the process of debate, 1174–1175
Members—Denied access to the House of Assembly, 976–977, 1086, 1087, 1089, 1091
Members—Truthfulness/credibility called into question, 584–585

Public Service

Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Back to work legislation—Timetable for passage, 1179
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Arbitration position of government has changed, 1099–1100
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Bond rating agencies correspondence, 1042–1044
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Sick leave—Will not bring savings, 1045
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Signing bonus, 1049–1050
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE)—Strike—Update on negotiations, 1041

Amalgamation of St. John's with Mount Pearl, Paradise, Conception Bay South and Torbay, 1888–1889
Capital Works Projects, 1560
Capital Works Projects for 2005 and beyond, 2528–2529
New Deal for Communities—Proposal by federal government, 2829–2830
Water quality—E-coli in drinking water—Lawn, 2719–2721, 2796–2798